Re: [vox-tech] ssh/telnet security question

[jdneMAPSwmil@dcn.davis.ca.us]

On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Jan Wynholds wrote:

> A while back, there was some mention (I think it was
> Pete) of using telnet and ssh.
> 
> Here is what I remember:  If you use client A to
> contact telnet server B, then ssh from B to ssh server
> C, then the transmissions from A to B,

exposed

> and from B to C

not exposed, but since everything going through B to C is exposed at A to
B, B to C might as well be exposed.

> all become subject to cracking/sniffing.  I have a
> question about another case.  What if A and B are on a
> firewalled/masqueraded (and the configuration of both
> is secure) local net, while C exists somewhere out on
> the internet.  Are the transmissions from (A to B and)
> B to C still at risk for cracking/sniffing?  

No.

> 
> My guts tell me no (b/c of the masq/firewall), but I
> am very new to this sort of analysis.  

Now you are not quite so new. :)

> 
> If nobody knows, would this be a suitable question for
> Dr. Bishop tonight?

mm... well, you have to learn one way or another. While I might hope he
didn't have to spend too much time answering questions like this, in the
proper context it could make a lot of sense.  I was familiar with many
(but not all) of the tricks Mark used in his account of his cracking
assignment, but the way he used them together made reading about it
interesting, and I might not have learned about the unfamiliar bits
without seeing his whole account.

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